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HR 944 110th Congress House Energy Coastal zone Continental shelf Gas in submerged lands Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries New Jersey Oil and gas leases Petroleum in submerged lands Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Submarine oil well drilling

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Introduced: February 8, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Feb 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 8, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 8, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction from specified submerged Outer Continental Shelf lands located within 125 miles of the coast of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act.

What's happening now February 14, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 8, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 944: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-944/
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"H.R. 944: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-944/.
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H.R. 944, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-944/.
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[H.R. 944: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-944/)
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